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Ever thought about becoming a Beekeeper?

Your flowers and garden will produce more.

You will be able to have your own source of honey

Find out answers by attending a 3 hour seminar this November

🐝   Seminar: Beekeeping: Is it right for me?    🐝


For $10 you will be able to evaluate what is necessary to be successful.   It will be presented by seasoned experienced beekeepers.

November 8, 2025
10 am to 1 pm
L W Paul Living Farm Conway SC

Seminar Cost:$10

Very limited seating so sign up early.

Register for this Seminar

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Are you aware of an new threat to our pollinator environment?  

  It has not yet entered Horry County as of 2025.  

The threat is real and it may in the future affect not only our vital pollinators  but also the human experience.  South Carolina Department of Plant Industry is working hard to slow up its progress northward.

I am talking about the Yellow Legged Hornet.   A non native hornet that has already affect the southern parts of South Carolina.

The image below is what it looks like.   It is a hornet not a wasp.

This is an aggressive insect larger than wasps and bees.  

It differs from bald faced hornets (which are white in color) with its dark yellow color and yellow legs.  Both are similar in size. 

The yellow legged hornet feeds on honey bees and can destroy a colony if hornet numbers are large enough.   

It is also a serious threat to you as it is attracted to your outdoor events.   Its can sting multiple times and stings are very painful. 

Note the above images. 

  The hornets and wasps produce paper like nests.   With the Yellow Legged Hornet producing nests as big as beach balls in late summer. 

  Bumblebees are solitary.  While honeybees produces colonies inside structures and overwinter as colonies all hornets, wasps and bumblebees overwinter as solitary queens.

So what can you do to help stop the spread of this dangerous invasive hornet?

Clemson has a website you can access to learn more about how to correctly id this insect if/when it might appear in our area.  

The SC Department of Plant Industry is aggressively removing nests when they are discovered and they are only discovered primarily with YOUR HELP.

The following links will give you information and how to report a sighting.

More Info on this Pollinator and Human Threat


Report a sighting of Yellow Legged Hornet

If you See THIS Hornet please report the sighting.

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Blackwater Beekeepers Association is growing...now serving more beekeepers throughout Horry County SC and surrounding areas.  

The BBA Board of Directors are working to establish better ways to encourage and communicate without excessive drive times.   Monthly meetings in Conway will remain the 2nd Monday of every month.  

However, We are blessed to have leaders in both the northern part and southern part of Horry County.   You can now attend meetings that will help you become more successful as a beekeeper, expand knowledge of protecting our important pollinators as the land use and environmental change in our area.

If you reside in Little River/North Myrtle Beach Areas or in the Georgetown, Murrelle Inlet, Pawley Island and surrounding areas you can attend a more local meeting every month, save on drive time and be connected with other beekeepers.    You can always attend any meeting anywhere in the county free of charge.

It is our desire that you grow in your hobby or business as a beekeeper but also those who want to protect and encourage pollinators also grow in their understanding of how they can help with pollinator survival.

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Learning about Pollinators is no easy task as you can see from the above photos.   We encounter some interesting situations.  

However learning how to protect our pollinators starts with the one insect that will teach us the most about pollination...the humble Honey Bee.   Blackwater Beekeepers Association is about educating our community.   We learn, discover and have fun.   Doing so we enjoy and learn from each other and have fun....lots of fun.

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Did you know that on average a worker honey bee only lives for about 45 days during the summer.   And...an average queen can live up to five years but is only productive for about two before being replaced by the colony.
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